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Retiring Chairman Gen. Shelton inspects the troops at his retirement ceremony at Fort Myer.
Commander of Troops Col. James F. Laufenburg (center), U.S. Army, escorts Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (left) and retiring Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Henry H. Shelton (right), U.S. Army, after they inspected the troops at a ceremony at Fort Myer, Va., on Oct. 2, 2001. Laufenburg is the commander 3rd United States Infantry (The Old Guard).